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Recently LEGO announced that it was coming out with a new line of “girl-friendly” LEGO with softer colours (aka pink) and more feminine characters to play with (the LEGO Friends). Of course, pink LEGO really isn’t anything new – my mom bought some for my daughter a year ago. But this new world of LEGO […]

Gasp! Babywearing blasphemy! 🙂 It’s a strange phenomenon – mamas come to my store and look longingly at the woven wraps. They haven’t committed to buying one yet, but they tell me that they want to love them. And I know exactly what they mean – I remember saying those words myself. Several times. There […]

I’ve often thought that our family would save a lot of money if we just bought a cow because we go through a ridiculous amount of milk. I mean, I love milk, my husband loves milk, and my oldest daughter River loves milk. And cheese. And yogurt. Honestly – my family is keeping the dairy farmers […]

OK, time for the requisite blog post about resolutions. You’ll notice that I’m a day late – clearly I have not chosen to work on my chronic tardiness this year. No, I made just one New Year’s Resolution and it was easy to keep: I vowed that on January 1 I would listen again to […]

On Thursday morning I took my daughter River to see the Nutcracker ballet. I’ve been dreaming of bringing her to the ballet since she was born, and when I found out last Monday that we could buy cheap tickets as homeschoolers and attend the matinee performance for students, I was thrilled. We spent the whole […]

When I started blogging, I was unsure about taking on a new project. There are so many things that I already love to do but can’t findtime for, like knitting and reading and, often, showering. However, in spite of my busy life and questionable hygiene, I went ahead with the blog anyway and soon discovered […]